Campaign for the American Reader

The official blog of the Campaign for the American Reader, an independent initiative to encourage more readers to read more books.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Five notable Hollywood tell-alls

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One title on the Barnes & Noble Review's list of five top Hollywood tell-alls : Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher Carrie Fisher...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Pg. 69: Kevin Fox's "Until the Next Time"

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The current feature at the Page 69 Test: Until the Next Time by Kevin Fox . About the book , from the publisher: For Sean Corrigan the p...

Pg. 99: David Schiff's "The Ellington Century"

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Today's feature at the Page 99 Test: The Ellington Century by David Schiff . About the book , from the publisher: Breaking down wal...

Nevada Barr's 6 favorite books

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Nevada Barr is an award-winning novelist and New York Times best-selling author. She has a growing number of Anna Pigeon mysteries to her ...

What is Andromeda Romano-Lax reading?

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Today's featured contributor at Writers Read: Andromeda Romano-Lax , author of The Detour . Her entry begins: I tend toward older cl...

Elly Griffiths’s "The House at Sea’s End," the movie

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Now showing at My Book, The Movie: The House at Sea’s End by Elly Griffiths . The entry begins: In The House at Sea’s End six bodies a...
Monday, February 20, 2012

Pg. 99: Robert J. Sampson’s "Great American City"

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Today's feature at the Page 99 Test: Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect by Robert J. Sampson . About t...

Five of the best books on jazz

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Nat Hentoff is an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and writes regularly on jazz and country music for The Wall...

What is Nancy Bilyeau reading?

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The current featured contributor at Writers Read: Nancy Bilyeau , author of The Crown . Her entry begins: When I traveled to London to d...

Pg. 69: Lauren Fox's "Friends Like Us"

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Today's feature at the Page 69 Test: Friends Like Us by Lauren Fox . About the book , from the publisher: With her critically acclaim...
Sunday, February 19, 2012

Pg. 99: Boaz Atzili's "Good Fences, Bad Neighbors"

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Today's feature at the Page 99 Test: Good Fences, Bad Neighbors: Border Fixity and International Conflict by Boaz Atzili . About the ...

Top 10 siblings' stories

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Will Eaves was Arts Editor of the Times Literary Supplement from 1995 to 2011 before moving to the University of Warwick, where he is Assoc...

Thomas Robinson & Lanette Ruff's "Out of the Mouths of Babes," the movie

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Now showing at My Book, The Movie: Out of the Mouths of Babes: Girl Evangelists in the Flapper Era by Thomas A. Robinson & Lanette Ruff...

What is Andrea Hiott reading?

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Today's featured contributor at Writers Read: Andrea Hiott , author of Thinking Small: The Long, Strange Trip of the Volkswagen Beetle ....
Saturday, February 18, 2012

Pg. 69: Julianna Baggott's "Pure"

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This weekend's feature at the Page 69 Test: Pure by Julianna Baggott . About the book , from the publisher: We know you are here, o...

Ten of the best bankers in literature

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At the Guardian , John Mullan named ten of the best bankers in literature . One entry on the list: Patrick Bateman We never quite find o...

Pg. 99: Thomas Kohut's "A German Generation"

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Today's feature at the Page 99 Test: A German Generation: An Experiential History of the Twentieth Century by Thomas A. Kohut . About...

David Schiff's "The Ellington Century," the movie

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Now showing at My Book, the Movie: The Ellington Century by David Schiff . The entry begins: The Ellington Century is a celebration of...
Friday, February 17, 2012

What is Margot Livesey reading?

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The current featured contributor at Writers Read: Margot Livesey , author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy . Her entry begins: I just read S...

Tess Gerritsen's 5 favorite thrillers

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Tess Gerritsen is the best-selling author of the Jane Rizzoli crime thrillers. One of her five favorite thrillers , as told to Daisy Banks...
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